The Templar Knight
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Constantinople – glorious capital of the Byzantine empire!
A visit to Istanbul – once called Constantinople and capital of the Byzantine Empire
Read MoreSacred statues without hair and clothes
A discovery in Lisbon… This year, I was walking up a steep hill in Lisbon to visit the medieval cathedral. The cathedral is a very austere, fortress-like construction and that’s no accident. It was built in the years after a…
Read MoreWinter is coming! But it’s a Templar winter, not a Targaryan one!
Knightfall will be with you soon! Winter is coming – but courtesy of the History Channel, it will be a Templar winter. Forget the dragons and white walkers, give me the Knights Templar any day of the week. Here is…
Read MoreHow was Easter celebrated when the Knights Templar were around?
The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus was central to Christian belief. This was the idea that God had taken human form, had performed miracles and given sermons while alive and then had sacrificed himself to the most degrading form of…
Read MoreWhat were the Templars up to in their first decade of existence?
According to the contemporary chronicler William of Tyre, nine “noble men of knightly rank” from the Champagne region of France founded the Templar order in the year 1118. So what they do in their first ten years? Well, the answer…
Read MoreWere the Knights Templar secretly part of the Cathar heresy?
The Knights Templar were accused of rejecting the divinity of Christ, spitting on the crucifix, not believing the church sacraments and conducting their own masses without a properly consecrated priest. They emerged in France in the 12th century at the…
Read MoreSmear campaign that led to the Templar downfall
Philip the Fair issued orders to arrest every Templar knight but what exactly were the charges and why did he take such action?
Read MoreCultural destruction by the so-called Islamic State
ISIS destroyed Tikrit the birthplace of Saladin who fought the Knights Templar during the crusades
Read MoreHow the Nazis damaged a Templar Knight
During the Second World War a German bomb severely damaged the Templar church in London chipping the tombs of Templars
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